Grok 3
Last verified July 27, 2026 · xAI pricing ↗$3.00/1M input · $15.00/1M output · 131K context · xAI
Grok 3 last cost $3.00 per 1M input tokens and $15.00 per 1M output tokens from xAI, with a 131K-token context window. A typical chat reply (1,500 tokens in, 400 out) costs $0.011, or $105.00 per 10,000 requests.
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xAI has shut Grok 3 down. You cannot buy it at the rate below. The price is kept so past spend and old estimates still reconcile, and it is excluded from the calculator’s default model list and from every ranking.
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What Grok 3 Costs Per Request
At $3.00 per 1M input and $15.00 per 1M output tokens, before caching or batch discounts.
| Workload | Input / output tokens | Per request | Per 10,000 requests |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chat reply | 1,500 / 400 | $0.011 | $105.00 |
| RAG answer over retrieved docs | 8,000 / 600 | $0.033 | $330.00 |
| Coding-agent step | 30,000 / 2,000 | $0.120 | $1200.00 |
Grok 3 vs Similarly Priced Models
Nearest buyable models by price, with the RAG answer above (8,000 in / 600 out) priced on each.
| Model | Input /1M | Output /1M | Context | RAG answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grok 3 xAI | $3.00 | $15.00 | 131K | $0.033 |
| Grok 4.7 xAI | $2.00 | $6.00 | 500K | $0.020 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 Anthropic | $3.00 | $15.00 | 1.0M | $0.033 |
| Sonar Pro Perplexity | $3.00 | $15.00 | 128K | $0.033 |
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